Bottle-washing brush.



Rolf-704,828. Patented july I5, 1.902.

" R. HUEBNING.

BTTLE WASHING BRUSH.

` (Application med nec. 17, 1901.

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w/rNEssfs No. 704,828. Patented luly 15, |902.

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BJTTLE WASHING BRUSH.

(Applicatiun Bled Dec. 1'?, 1901.)

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ROBERT HORRNINQOR BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-WASHING BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 704,828, dalieel July 15, 1902i Application tiled December 17, 1901. Serial Nb. 86,236. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT HOERNING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ot Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Washing Brush, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brushes for Washing the interior of bottles.

In bottle-washing brushes of the class having a curved tubular body it is impossible to insert the brush into a bottle having a small neck portion.

-It is the object of my invention to provide a curved brush so constructed that it may be readily passed through the small neck of a large bottle.

I will describe a bottle-Washing brush embodying my invention, and then point outl the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all lthe igu res.

Figure l is a side elevation of a bottle'- washing brush embodying myinvention and showing the same in position in a bottle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line w a; of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a back view of the brush. Fig. 4 shows the position of the brush while inserting it in a bottle, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line y y of Fig. 2.

The body portion of the brush consists of two tubular sections l 2, the section l being longitudinally curved, so that when the device is in a bottle the brush material 3 will engage with the inner surface of the bottle. This brush material consists, as here shown, of rubber, and it is held in the body portion consisting of the sections l 2, the said .sec-l tions being longitudinally split on the under side to receive the edge of the brush, and to prevent an accidental displacement of the brush .material it is provided, as clearly shown in Fig. a, with shoulders 4, which en# gage against the inner surfaces of the body, and shoulders 5,Which engage against the outer surfaces. The sections l and 2 have yielding connection, which, as here shown, consists of ahelical spring G, one end of which vis attached to the section 1, While the other end is attached to the section 2. As a means for securing the spring I may provide, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, ferrules 7 S on the ends of the sections l and 2. Theseferrules may be secured by means of screws, and

vscrews 9 pass through the ferrules and through rings at the ends of the spring. To hold the sections l and 2 in alinement, I employ metal straps 10, mounted at one end to swing on the screws l1, which secure the ferrule to the section?, and having slots at the opposite ends, through which the fastening-screws l2 pass. To prevent alateral movement of one section relatively tothe other section, I pro- Vide one of the fel-rules with aprojection 13, designed to engage in a recess or notch formed in the ferrule 8. The section 2 of the body or back portion of the brush is provided with perforations I4, through which Water may pass to the interior of the bottle, and on the end of this section is a swinging section 15, carrying a brush material l for washing the bottom Vof 'the bottle.

In inserting the brush in a bottle, or, rather, in passing a bottle over the brush, the two sections'will assume substantially the position indicated in Fig. 4, which is permitted by theA yielding connection, and when Wholly .inserted the spring will cause the sections to assume normalfposition, as indicated in Fig. l. The outer end of the tube is designed to be connected with a Water-supply in a bottle- Washing machine, and the bottle is to be rotated relatively' to the brush in the usual manner.

It is to be understood that I do not @Online my invention to thepartcular form of flexible connection shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A bottle- Washing brush comprising a brush portion, and a curved tubular and perforated body or back adapted to move to a position out of normal While entering it in a bottlc, and to move to normal position when inserted, to engage the brush material against the inner surface of the bottle-body, substantially as specified. Y

2. Abottle-Washingbrnsh having a tubular IOO curved back or body portion consisting of two sections, and a iiexible connection between the sections, substantially as specified.

3. A bottle-washing brush having a tubular and perforated curved back or body portion, consisting of two sections, and a spring arranged within the sections and having one end connected to one section and the other end connected to the other section, substantially as specified.

4. A bottle-washin g brush having a tubular perforated back or body portion, consisting of two sections, ferruies secured to the sections, and a spring arranged Within the ferrnie portions and secured thereto, substantially as specified.

5. A bottle-washing brush having a tubular perforated back or body portion, consisting of two sections, a flexible connection between the sections, and metal straps having swinging connection with one of the sections and sliding and swinging connection with the other of the sections, substantially as specified. 6. A bottle-washing brush comprising a tnbular body portion open at one side, and a rubber brush seated in said opening and having shoulders for engaging against the inner surface of the body and shoulders for engaging against the outer surface of the body, substantially as specied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT HOERNING.

Witnesses:

` JNO. M. RITTER,

' C. R. FERGUSON. 

